Shock-former



A. R. PETERSON.

SHOCK FORMER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13, 1919.

1348,0 16 Patented July 27,1920;

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A. R. PETERSON.

SHOCK FORMER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I3. 1919.

1,34 ,046. Patented July 27,1920.

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ATTORNEY.

A. R. PETERSON.

SHOCK FORMER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13, 1919.

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SHOCK-FORMER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jul '27, 1920.

Ap lication filed June 13, 1919. Serial to. 303,854.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW R. PETERSON, a citizen of the United States residing at Fargo, in the county of Cass and State of North Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shock-Formers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprehends the provision of a grain binder attachment, and in the nature of ashock former designed to receive the sheaves from the binder in a horizontal position to form the shock, and catpable of being manipulated by one standing upon the platform of the attachment or from the drivers seat of the binder, to'arrange the shock in an upright position upon the ground.

.The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understood when the following detailed description is taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,

- the invention residing in the construction,

combination and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this s ecification, like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views and wherein:

Figure 1 is a planview of the attachment showing the normal position of the parts for receiving the sheaves from the binder. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the initial adjusted position of parts for arranging the. shock vertically from its horizontal position.

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the final adjustment of the parts to release the shock from the former.

Fig.' 4 is a side elevationof the attachment.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4

Fi 6 is an end elevation showing the parts'inthe same relative position as illustrated in Fig. 2. I The attachment forming the subject matter of my invention embodiesa frame indicated generellyet A and including among other features the spaced parallel side meniber's 10. A platform 12 is arranged at the forward end of the frame while rising from the side members 10 at a point adjacent the rear end thereof, are parallel uprights 13 between which the shock former indicated generally at B, is arranged for use in a manher to be presently described.

The shock former is made up of a plurality of curved sections their normal position normally defining a split annulus or band having its adjacent ends slightly flared and spacedan appreciable distance apart as shown in Fig. 1 to provide an entrance for the sheaves as they are transmitted or conveyed from the binder (not shown). The intermediate section 15 of the former is terminally connected to the arms 16 which are mounted in the uprights 13. The corresponding end sections 15 of the former are carried by levers 17 which are freely pivoted upon the arms 16, a lug 18 projecting from each lever and reposing upon the adjacent arm 16, whereby the end sections 15' are supported normally in a position shown in Fig. 1. A link 19 provides a connection between one of the arms 16 and a manually operable lever 20 through the instrumentality of which component parts of the former are adjusted in the manner and for the purpose to be hereinafter described.

An endless conveyer 21 is mounted upon a support 22 which is carried the frame A at one side thereof. An element 23 is suitably secured to one side of the binder B and projecting from said element are spaced eyes 24 adapted to aline with the eyes 25 projecting from' the support 22, pivot bolts 26 being passed through said eyes and providing a pivotal connection between the binder and the attachment. The opposite sides of the frame A are supported by one or more ground engaging wheels 27. The conveyer 21 may be operated in any suitable manner, but is utilized for conveying the sheaves from the binder to the shock former B.

If desired, the shock former may be provided with an end Wall to maintain the ends of the sheaves straight, as the latter are deposited into the former B from the endless conveyer 21. As shown in this specific instance, the end wall comprises an arcuate shaped member 28'frorn which extends a plurality of spaced parallel tines 29. The end wall is associated with the end sections each pair of eyes secured to the end sections,

15 are utilized to support the end wall in proper relation to the shock former durlng the adjustment of the latter to release the shock therefrom.

In practice, the sheaves are placed upon the endless conveyer from the binder, and are conveyed in a horizontal position to the former B. The parts are normally disposed in the manner disclosed in Fig- 1 to receive the sheaves. lVhen the proper number of sheaves to form the shock have been'placed in the former B, the lever 20 is swung upon its pivot in a forward direction thus moving the arms 16 to a vertical position, and the sections 15 and 15 of the former to the position disclosed inFig. 2. In this position of the former B the sheaves forming the shock are disposed vertically, and rest upon the tines 29 of the end wall, which now occupies a horizontal position as shown. Upon further movement of the lever 20- in a forward direction, the arms 16 are swung to a horizontal position, moving the intermediate sections 15 to the position disclosed in Fig. 3, which is exactly the reverse from the normal position of the section, and in which position the shock is released to permit the wheeled frame A to pass from beneath the shock thus depositing the latter in a vertical or upright position upon the ground. During the final adjustment of the intermediate section 15, the rocker moves independently of the end sections 15 the lugs 18 cooperating with the upright 13 to check the movements of the end sections through the instrumentality of the wheel frame- After the shock has beenreleased from the former, and the end wall removed from beneath the shock, the lever 20 is moved in a reverse direction to restore the movable pints of the attachment to normal position.

1 anife stly, during the return of the parts to normal position, the arms 16 engage the lugs 18 so that the intermediate sections and the end sections 15' of the former move as a unit from a horizontal to a vertical or receiving position.

f In order that the adjustment of parts may be effected from the seat of the driver, I

make use of a substantially U-shaped element or yoke 32 which is journaled in suitable bearings 33 on the platform 12. One of the parallel limbs 35 of the yoke is extended through an eye 34: carried by the lever 20, while a manipulating rod 36 extends from the remaininglimb of the yoke within reach of the driver of the binder. Manifestly, the movement imparted to the yoke through the operating rod 36 istransmitted to the lever 20, and the movable parts of the attachment adjusted accordingly. v v

While I have shown and describedwhat I consider the preferred embodiment of the invention, I- desire tohave it understood that what is herein shown is merely illustrative, and that I do not limit myself to this exact construction, and arrangement,

;and that such changes may be resorted to when desired as fall within the scope of what is claimed;

That I claimis:- I

p 1. A machine of the class described comprising a portable frame, a shock former including a plurality of pivotally connected sections unitedly defining a split band, adapted to receive the sheaves horizontally, means adjusting said sections as a unit to a position whereby the shockis vertically arranged, said 'means including a lever, means whereby certain sections of the band are limited in their movement in this direction, and the remaining section permitted to be further adjusted independently by said lever to release the shock, and means whereby the finally adjusted section automatically returns the remaining sections to normal position'upon reverse movement of said lever and section.

2. A grain binder attachment comprising a portable frame, spaced parallel standards on said frame, arms pivoted on said standards, a shock former including a plurality of curved sections unitedly defining a split band, one of said sections being terminally secured to said arms, the remaining corretically and means whereby the end sections remain stationary upon further adjustment of said arms to move the sections thereby in a position to release said'shock.

' 3. A grain binder attachment comprising portable frame, spaced standards carried thereby, arms pivoted upon said standards, a shock former including an intermediate curved section secured to. said arms, and correspondingly curved end sections freely pivoted on said arms, means carried by the end sections for engagement with said arms whereby all of said sections are normally maintained in a position to unitedly define a split band, arranged to receive the sheaves in horizontal position, a wall supported by the end sections and normally disposed vertically, means for adjusting said arms whereby said sections are moved as a unit to a position to arrange the shock vertically and to position the wall horizontally beneath the shock, and said end sections cooperating with said standards to remain stationary while said arms are further rejected to move the intermediate section to a position to release the shock.

4. In a machine of the class described comprising a portable frame, spaced parallel standards thereon, a shock former including an intermediate section and end sections, all of said sections being curved to unitedly define a split band, arms pivoted on said standard and terminally connected with said intermediate section, said end sections being freely pivoted on said arms, a lever for adjusting the intermediate section, means carried by the end sections and engaging said arms, whereby the said end sections will be moved in unison with the intermediate section to a predetermined position, and said means cooperating with the standards to permit a continued movement of the intermediate section independently of the end sections.

5. A machine of the class described comprising a portable frame, standards rising therefrom, a shock former including an intermediate section and end sections, said sections being curved and unitedly defining a split band, horizontally disposed arms pivotally mounted on said standards, the intermediate section being terminally connected with said arms, levers freely pivoted on said arms, and supporting said end sections, means for reversing the position of said arms and the intermediate section, means carried by the end sections and normally re posing upon said arms whereby the end sections are moved in unison with the inter [mediate section upon adjustment of the arms to a vertical position, and said means cooperating with the standards to permit the arms to be further adjusted independently of the end sections.

6. A machine of the class described comprising a portable frame, spaced standards rising therefrom, arms pivoted on said standards and normally disposed in horizontal position, a shock former including an intermediate section and end sections, said sections being curved and unitedly defining a split band, said intermediate section being terminally connected with said arms, levers freely pivoted on said arms and supporting the end sections, a lug projecting from each lever and reposing upon said arms, whereby all of said sections are adjusted in unison upon movement of the arms in an upward direction, means for reversing the position of said arms and the intermediate section, and said lugs being arranged to contact the said standards on a predetermined position of the end sections, whereby the intermediate section can be further adjusted independently of the end sections.

7. A machine of the class described comprising a portable frame, a shock former including an intermediate section and end sections unitedly defining a split band, said u sections being pivotally mounted and associated whereby said sections may be moved in unison to a predetermined position, and the intermediate section independently moved to its final adjusted position, an end wall associated with the end sections and normally disposed in a vertical position, and yieldable means supporting the end wall,

whereby the latter is permittedrmovementw independently of the end sections and in a vertical plane subsequent to the adjustment of the end sections.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ANDREW R. PETERSON. 

